[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 97 (Wednesday, July 17, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H4770]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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CONGRESS SHOULD CONTINUE ITS COMMITMENT TO FINDING A CURE TO CANCER BY 
                         SUPPORTING NIH AND CDC

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to celebrate American Cancer 
Society's Celebration on the Hill Bus, which will be in Reno, Nevada. 
Celebration on the Hill is a grassroots event celebrating cancer 
survivorship.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation's cancer statistics are startling. Over 1 
million American people get cancer each year. Approximately one out of 
two American men and one out of every three American women will have 
some type of cancer at some point during their lifetime; yet, luckily, 
more and more people are surviving cancer every day, thanks to medical 
breakthroughs and lifesaving drugs and procedures.
  Today, I rise to congratulate the cancer survivors in my State of 
Nevada and across the entire country.
  It is my hope that we will continue our commitment in Congress to 
finding a cure by supporting the NIH and CDC in their research efforts 
against this deadly disease. Our commitment could lead to finding a 
cure sooner rather than later.

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